Women wash laundry in wooden washtubs. Woman in center holds washboard next to upright clothes wringer. Woman on right rinses out a clothes boiler. Children play in barrels and a wooden wagon while the women work. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1900. In the Adirondack region, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience
The Inlet Welding Shop. Circa 1930s. Inlet, NY. Photo donated by Jean Bird. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
The Jack & Jill Gift Shop downtown. Circa 1930s. Inlet, NY. Photo donated by Joann Vogan. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
The exterior of R.J. Stuart’s Grocery Store. Circa 1920s. Speculator NY.
Fish stocking behing Parquet Hotel. Circa 1935. Fourth Lake in Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Stan (Sonny) Schoonmaker at the soda counter of Schoonmaker’s Drugs. Circa 1960s. Speculator, NY. Photo by Kevin Schoonmaker. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
The Inlet Supply Company. Circa 1910. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Speculator Garage, owned by William Wilbur and later by a Mr. Downey. It is currently still standing. Circa 1930s or ’40s. Speculator in Lake Pleasant, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Schoonmaker’s Drug Store. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Harry Hall Groceries on Main Street. Sign in the window reads, “Qualified dealer Arpeako heat products.” Circa 1935. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
